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First Step Towards A Successful Show With youbloomConnect

17-Apr-2020 By Leave a Comment

Via Petra Cugalj Whether you’re a solo vocalist, a DJ or in a band, the music industry is a tough place to work in and there’s a lot of people trying to “make it”, just like you. How tough is it exactly? It’s actually pretty simple, let us do the math. Petra Cugalj writes up […]

Filed Under: Artists, Independent Musicians, Live Music, Music Promotion Tagged With: A&R, gigs, house gigs, independent musicians, live gigs, touring artists

Guerilla Marketing for Independent Artists and Why It Matters

06-Apr-2020 By Leave a Comment

Guerilla Marketing

  “Independence” implies a sense of autonomy, and for an artist, it can mean creative freedom: to find themselves express their inner thoughts in the most uninhibited fashion. Something to think about is why be inhibited about getting your music heard? While it can get competitive for emerging artists who want to get their music out,  […]

Filed Under: Artist Matching, Artists, Festivals, Global Music Village, Independent Musicians, Live Music, Local Gig, Music Advice, Music Industry, Music Promotion, youbloom Official, youbloomDublin, youbloomLA Tagged With: how to promote your music, independent artist advice, live gigs, music blogs, music festival, musicians, tips for artists

5 Tips for Playing Successful Shows

19-Apr-2018 By 3 Comments

   A few tips to playing successful shows Imagine you just moved to a new town. No friends or musician pals, let alone connections with the local music scene. What do you do? The easy answer would be: get a band together and start playing successful shows , but that is not always the fastest […]

Filed Under: Artists, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Industry Tagged With: DIY, dublin, live gigs, live music, los angeles, music, music advice, music festival, music industry, tips for artists

BEFORE I DIE: youbloom | HEADROOM #9 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival.

01-Oct-2016 By Leave a Comment

BEFORE I DIE

Sometimes all it takes is a little list. There’s a big world out there full of choices and for an ambitious musician it can be hard to know which direction to steer in. That’s where a BEFORE I DIE list comes in. Narrow things down. Weed out distractions. Focus on the three things that will […]

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WOKE UP THIS MORNIN’: youbloom | HEADROOM #8 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival.

28-Sep-2016 By Leave a Comment

IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE

We all have heroes – performers and artists we’ve stayed up late into the night listening to and watching over and over. For many of us, it’s these legends and icons of music who inspire us to pursue musical careers of our own, and for that kind of life-changer, we’re eternally thankful. But what if […]

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MY FIRST TIME: youbloom | HEADROOM #7 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival.

23-Sep-2016 By Leave a Comment

MY FIRST TIME

Being a beginner is never easy, but every great artist started somewhere. Whether it’s making beats on Garage Band alone in your basement, busking on the streets of your town, or churning out your first rock tunes, learning your instrument as you go, your first time playing music leaves its mark on you forever. Often, […]

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BEFORE I DIE: youbloom | HEADROOM #6 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival

21-Sep-2016 By Leave a Comment

BEFORE I DIE

Ready, aim, fire. Attempting to accomplish anything in this life requires focus, determination, and persistence, but when it comes to the really big stuff? Hopes and dreams kind of stuff? Well, that’s when it pays to know what you want out of your time here on the planet. And there’s no better way to figure it […]

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WOKE UP THIS MORNIN’: youbloom | HEADROOM #5 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival.

12-Sep-2016 By Leave a Comment

WOKE UP THIS MORNIN'

WELL I WOKE UP THIS MORNIN’ YOU WERE ON MY MIND.   Making one’s way in the rugged terrain of the music business means knowing your passion, honing your skills, and sharing who you are with the world. And it can be a daunting process, not for the fainthearted. So what would you do if […]

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MY FIRST TIME: youbloom | HEADROOM #3 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival

24-Aug-2016 By Leave a Comment

MY FIRST TIME

MY FIRST TIME is youbloom | HEADROOM‘s look into the variously-colored pasts of featured youbloom Music Festival artists, asking them to break out the veritable top secret diary of rock n roll history and tell us what they can remember about their very first band experiences. From the kiddie-rock virtuosos and those who sweet-talked their […]

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BEFORE I DIE: youbloom | HEADROOM #2 with Featured Artists from the youbloomLA 2016 Music Summit and Festival.

15-Aug-2016 By Leave a Comment

BEFORE I DIE

You don’t have to have a bucket to have a list: BEFORE I DIE is youbloom | HEADROOM‘s ultimate question: When all is said and done and they’re carving your name into granite, what are the Top 3 things you want to have done with your time in the world of music?   Five featured artists […]

Filed Under: Artist Discovery, Independent Musicians, Interviews, youbloomLA Tagged With: 2016, band interview, community, DIY, featured artists, featuredartists, HEADROOM, lead singer, live gigs, live music, los angeles, millenial, music, music conference, music festival, music industry, music industry news, music scene, musicians, performance, spotlight, stage presence, ybLA16, youbloom, youbloomLA2016

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